Definition of "credulous" [cred•u•lous]

• Disposed to believe too readily; gullible. (adjective)
• Arising from or characterized by credulity. See Usage Note at credible. (adjective)

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• "He came down firmly against discrimination, attacking the notion of credulous sellers and conniving buyers."
• "Not being what is called a credulous person, Mademoiselle Marguerite was unable to believe it."
• "It is, in other words, a credulous hodge-podge of all the older witch and devil tales that could be packed into its duodecimo pages; tales made vivid by its startling frontispiece and the crude but awful woodcuts that adorn its text."